(1) from the qi surname.
According to legend, the surname of Emperor Yao, one of his descendants took Qi as his surname and was named Liu Guo (Tangxian County, Hebei Province), later known as Liu.
② The source is Du surname.
Du Bo's grandson is a judge in the State of Jin. After Xianggong's death, the scholar went to the State of Qin to meet Yong, the son of the State of Jin, and stayed in the State of Qin because of the changes in the State of Jin. His descendants took Wei Liu's surname (meaning "stay").
(3) The source is Ji's surname.
In the Spring and Autumn Period, the younger son Wang Ji was named Liu Kanggong (south of Yanshi County, Henan Province), and later generations also called Liu.
In Liu's history, there are many famous families.
Liu Pengcheng Kui family, Nanyang Liu Jin family and Liu Zhucheng Yong family all occupy an important position in the history of China.
Not to mention the Liu bang family in Pei county, which opened up the Han empire.
Emperor gaozu Liu Bang founded the Han Dynasty, and Liu proclaimed himself emperor for more than 400 years. During the Three Kingdoms period, Liu Bei established Shu Han, and two generations proclaimed themselves emperor for 43 years. It took 60 years for Emperor Wu of the Southern and Northern Dynasties to establish the Song Dynasty. At the end of Yuan Dynasty, Liu Bowen assisted Zhu Yuanzhang in establishing the Ming Dynasty and unifying China for 276 years.
It can be seen that Liu is good at laying the foundation
Migration distribution
Liu takes the city as his surname. According to experts' research, the global population of Liu is over 60 million, which can be called "Liu" everywhere.
According to historical records, there are five sources.
After Emperor Yao (Qi Yi, Yi), he was sealed in Liu (now Tangxian County, Hebei Province), and later generations thought it was his surname.
Liu Lei, a descendant of Sun, can train dragons to serve. Kong Jia, the 13th emperor of Xia Dynasty, gave him the name of Yulong.
This is Qi surnamed Liu.
In the Western Zhou Dynasty, Zhou Chengwang established Liu Yi, the son of Wang Ji (now southwest of Yanshi County, Henan Province), and his descendants took the city as their surname.
This is Liu Ji.
In the early years of the Western Han Dynasty, the Xiongnu tribe was powerful, and Liu Bang, the emperor Gaozu of Han Dynasty, adopted a pro-marriage policy, taking Khan Modu, the eldest daughter of the royal family, as his wife, and Khan Modu was named twins (Luan Di Luan).
According to the custom of Xiongnu, nobles all take their mother's surname, so the descendants of twins are all surnamed Liu.
Liu Yuan, the ancestor of Han Dynasty, was a Xiongnu aristocrat in the period of "Five Wild Flowers".
Liu Hanchao once named Xiang and Lou Liu.
The Liu Han Dynasty lasted for 426 years, which was the longest feudal society in the history of China. During the Western Han Dynasty, the population of Liu was more than 100,000, accounting for a considerable proportion of the country's total population of more than 50 million.
At that time, it had become the most popular name.
Since the late Ming Dynasty, people from Fujian, Guangdong and other places have moved to Taiwan Province Province, and then many people went overseas to make a living.